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Economics, Professional Matters and Education 
Foreword 
The possession and level of qualified professional personnel is of vital importance to the 
development of disciplines of a high technology nature, such as our discipline: Photo- 
grammetry, Remote Sensing and GIS. Therefore, Technical Commission VI of our society 
is legitimately a commission of special significance. 
However, it is also a commission of considerable difficulty in terms of organization of 
activties and management. This is because education requires professional insight and 
substantial investment, and there exhibits a great difference with respect to economics and 
professional matters in different countries. 
It is in this context that our commission, during the 1992 - 1996 period, has covered the 
following topic areas: 
1^ Collection, analysis and comparison of educational and training programs and 
changes in photogrammetry, remote sensing and GIS/LIS. 
2. Investigation of cost and efficiency models in photogrammetric and remote sensing 
operations. 
3. Investigation of operational management aspects for remote sensing and GIS 
technology. 
4. Collection and synthesis of reports on national and regional activities. 
S. Promotion and dissemination of information. 
6. Promotion of computer assisted teaching. 
7. Identification of the proper channels for international technical cooperation. 
8. Completion of the history of Photogrammetry. 
9. Promotion of the inclusion of other languages in the ISPRS Multilingual Dictionary. 
10. . Development of recommendations for standards of competence in photogrammetric 
and remote sensing practice. 
All the activities in the above fields have been conducted and organized by our working 
groups under their respective chair or co-chairpersons, though the achievements vary in 
different circumstances, namely, 
WG VI/1 "Education, Training and Educational Standards for Photogrammetry, Remote 
Sensing and GIS/LIS", chaired by Prof. Dr. Jozef J. Jachimski of Poland.